Art wrote:
"These of course need to be avoided since they are based on the yagi
being unbeaatable."

The Yagi in many ways is the first choice antenna.

It doesn`t increase windloading with conductors which add little to the
gain. It doesn`t require more than one drivepoint.

Terman and Kraus liked it and document it.

In Arnold B. Bailey`s catalog of antennas in "TV and Other Receiving
Antennas", no better array of simple wires, driven or parasitic, is to
be found.

If Art can best the Yagi, he should post a comparison.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI